Brazil's Daniel Dias named December's Athlete of the Month

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Two-time Paralympian Daniel Dias of Brazil has been voted the Allianz Athlete of the Month for December 2014 after breaking the 200m breaststroke SB4 world record at the Spring CanAms in Edmonton, Canada.

Dias, 26, swam 3:21.36 to take almost six seconds off the previous best set in June 2012.

Since making his international swimming debut at the 2006 World Championships in Durban, South Africa, Dias has become one of the most decorated and well-known Paralympians in the world.

He has won 22 medals at World Championships, including 17 gold, and having competed in two Paralympic Games - Beijing 2008 and London 2012 - has won 15 Paralympic medals, including 10 gold.

With the 200m breaststroke SB4 world record in his possession, Dias now holds 10 world records; the only one he does not hold in his class is the 50m breaststroke which is held by Germany's Thomas Grimm.

To win the poll, Dias claimed 40 per cent of the public vote. In second with 32 per cent was US Nordic skier Oksana Masters who won her first IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup event in Vuokatti, Finland, in December.

Also nominated in December's poll were Italy's wheelchair fencer Beatrice Vio, Russian alpine skiing ace Valerii Redkozubov and guide Evgeny Geroev, US alpine skier Tyler Walker, and Ukrainian Nordic Skier Oleksandra Kononova.

The previous winners in 2014 include:

January - Markus Salcher, Austria, alpine skiing

February - Matti Suur-Hamari, Finland, para-snowboard

March best male - Declan Farmer, USA, ice sledge hockey

March best female - Marie Bochet, France, alpine skiing

March best team - Russia, ice sledge hockey

April - Ali Jawad, Great Britain, powerlifting

May - Aled Davies, Great Britain, athletics

June - Safet Alibasic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, sitting volleyball

July - Markus Rehm, Germany, athletics

August best youngster - Maria Lyle, Great Britain, athletics

August best male - Yevheniy Bohodayko, Ukraine, swimming

August best female - Sarah Morganti, Italy, equestrian

September - Eduardo Avila Sanchez, Mexico, judo

October - Siamand Rahman, Iran, powerlifting

November - Kelsey Diclaudio, USA, ice sledge hockey

For further information, please contact Craig Spence, IPC Director of Media and Communications on e-mail: craig.spence@paralympic.org or call +49-228-2097-230. Alternatively, please visit www.paralympic.org.

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